On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:12 PM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > On 7 April 2013 20:58, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > > > I wonder if the nightly builds support customized builds, if for example > if > > a user wants a build that has some special configuration like, anti-alias > > by default or a customized default templates or menu layout. > > > > Can the nightly build infrastructure be used to generate that? > > > No, our buildbot's run with a preconfigured setup, including number of > tasks and configure for each task (job). > > > > > > If not, why not, what would be needed to do that. > > > We would need to change away from build bot, it cannot support dynamic. All > changes in the setup has to be done via the infrastructure svn, where only > a few have access. > > But I dont really get, if a user wants a customized build, would it not be > simpler for him to build it himself ? the nightly build are in my opinion >
Well because a user might want to just click on a build made by an automated bot. This is done a lot by OpenSuSE studio people which can let you remaster SuSE through a web interface and download the .iso, virtual machine or amazon image. > to secure that our product builds and that the branches compile on > different platforms. The purpose of the nightly build is not to save the > user from installing a compiler. > > rgds > jan I. > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > -- > > Alexandro Colorado > > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > > http://es.openoffice.org > > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org
